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Jackpine Radical

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3. I can think of no (non-nefarious) reason why so many Dems should be

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 10:41 PM

Nov 2014

on the wrong side of history on this issue. Do they seriously think they're gonna lose Democratic votes for advocating the end of Prohibition? Or are they bought out by the pharma/alcohol/textile/prison/DEA/drug cartel interests that they just can't afford the loss of funding? It would be so easy for them to suck in the young libertarian vote, for example; or, by getting it on the ballot as referenda and initiatives, they ought to be able to massively pump the youth vote (as well as more tokin' elders than they would believe exist)…

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Marijuana activists eye new targets after election wins [View all] Man from Pickens Nov 2014 OP

That and raising the minimum wage... Kalidurga Nov 2014 #1

I doubt it helped that the head of the DNC thinks cancer patients should be arrested for smoking pot Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #2

I can think of no (non-nefarious) reason why so many Dems should be Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #3

There's probably some of that... non-nefarious, I think it's really a combination of a few things Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #4

^^^ Saved me the trouble. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #8

The Democratic Party is underperforming stoners by 15 percent Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #5

Exactly. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #6

I agree. And where they aren't... well, well, looky here. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #7

All the more remarkable that FL voted 58% when Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #9